St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-28
How a Brave Young Wife Sue
cessfully Reformed a Prof
ligate Husband.
A Hunters Nerve in Shooting
Man-EaterS in the India
JungleS.
The Romance of a Half Witted
Old Woman---Hambupg's
Cherry Feast.
Eow the Dislike of Marie
Louise for Napoleon
Tnpned to Love.

Not very long ago young woman of
this city married a man TO whom her
friends offered many objections. His
ways were not the ways of pleasant
ness, and his feet were unfamiliar
with the paths of peace, says the
Louisville Courier-Journal. He had
wandered aimlessly through the devious
hyways of iniquity, and there were
those who believed him incapable of APP
prrciating a woman of even average re-
Spcctability.
Why he should wish to marry at all
was the great question among his
friends, while the minds of the OppoSi-
fion were haunted by the Specter of
NYomanhOod wrecked and a fortune
surrendered.
But they were married, and in few
months the young wife began TO real
lie the predictions of her friends Do
lnestic life was too tame for her high
spirited husband. He began to stay
out nights She sat up for him to re-
monstrate when he came home. He
STAYED later and later. hoping To tire her
out. and frequently did not get in
until daylight. Things were getting
desperate He had gone back TO his first
love, poker, and the last state of the
man was worse than the first. She was
Il plucky woman and proud one.
Too plucky to be miStreated without
protest, and too proud to complain to
her friends. More than this, she was
in love with her husband. There were
times when he felt that his deserts
were too small and his otfenses rank, and
al such times lie reSOrted TO the aged
and transparent subterfuge of sending
note explaining his absence on
a business basis. Sometimes these
notes were accompanied by nice hot
lunch OF a bottle OF champagne, As if
woman could enjoy a solitary drink any
more than man. He knew the trick
was old and did not work" and he
sometimes thought of Offering reward
for something newer and better. There
were moments in the early mOrningwhen
pale, tired face, with large dark eyes,
fi0ated miStily between him and the
Jackpot he coveted, but he regarded
this as a weakness unworthy man of
the world, and steadily pursued his
way.
One evening. when they had been
married Just a year, she was sitting
alone as usual waiting for him to come
10 supper. 1t was the anniversary of
their marriage. and she had made prep
aratiOnS to celebrate il i'll quiet way.
The daintieSt of SupperS was waiting
when well-regulated husbands are sup
posed to come to the evening meal.
Close at hand was the present provided
for the OCCASION and while she thought
with some bitterness that he should
have been the one to remember, she
was determined that 10 shadow of re-
prOach should intrude upon the enjoy
ment of the evening. The hours of s
and . o o'clock passed, and still the sup
per sat untaSted upon the table. About
10 o'clock the servant brought in note.
''The same old story" said the wife, as
she crushed ii in her hand. She tossed
it into the fire, and after ii she threw
the inoffenSiye present. Turning to the
servant. she said: Don't 90 to bed.
james, shall need you after awhile"
When James services were next in
demand it was 1:45 in the morning. and
he was posting toward jefferson street
in search of hack. His mistress, mean
while, in hat and gloves, was impa-
tieutly awaiting his return. Twenty
minutes later the hack stood before the
entrance of fashionable poker room
Oh - street, and the servant was going
up stairs with this message: Tell my
husband that | am here in a hack and
l want him to come home" The
message was as quietly delivered and
as quietly answered: Tell my wife to
go home and go to bed; I'll come when
/ get ready As the negro started
down stairs his master was hugging a
ten full and gracefully sliding stack of
chips toward the center of the table.
The operation was scarcely finished
when hand was laid upon his arm and
q voice familiar. but unnaturally calm
and measured in its tones, said: Mr..
g., am waiting for you" To describe
tie effect of her entrance upon b. and
his companions is task beyond the ay-
erage pencil. i. was a man of few
words, and he knew when the limit had
been reached. He took his Wife'S arm
quietly, but with no gentle grip, and
went down stairs.
The humiliation was complete. mat
his wife should have appeared i'll such
a place was enough. 10 be led away
III triumph was little more than the
mildest hammered man could endure.
Half Il dozen plans for revenge and self
protection fitted through his mind, but
only one found utteTance. Il would
not live with You another tWenty-fOur
hours for the universe" he said, as they
were whirliDg home. This nights
performance is a disgrace, and it will
be all over town before daylight" You
are not compelled to live with me" re-
piled the wife, but as long as you do
4lht Will ilC you II OOliiC 4IoAllS "e "
proper hour, if | have to go after you
with a search warrant
When they reached home Mrs. i. re-
tired, and cOunterfeited sleep while b.
flung himself into the nearest chair and
looked the situation desperately in the
face. Should he leave town? Should
he get up and smother Mrs. b. with
pillow, or should he get divorce? Just
how the matter was settled never came
out. but B. dallies no more with his IA
Vorite vice. The neighbor who lives
opposite is ready to make affidavit that
he comes home at a seaSonable hour.
Mrs B. remarked innocently to friend
the other day, Il have the best husband
in the world now. but l never would
undertake to break in another man."